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Brian H. Gill
I was born in 1951. I'm a husband, father and grandfather. One of the kids graduated from college in December, 2008, and is helping her husband run businesses and raise my granddaughter; another is a cartoonist and artist; #3 daughter is a writer; my son is developing a digital game with #3 and #1 daughters. I'm also a writer and artist.
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In Praise of Lilacs, Blue Sky and Rain
I have been feeling down, depressed and worse. So I wrote about emotions, personality disorders, predestination, flowers and making sense. Continue reading
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Posted in Discursive Detours, Journal
Tagged emotions, family, free will, hope, last things, mental health, predestination, reason, salvation
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New Year’s Eve, 2020: I Imagine We Will Survive
Today is New Year’s Eve. It’s also Saint Sylvester’s Day, the 420th anniversary of the British East India Company’s charter and the 141st anniversary of Thomas Edison’s incandescent light demo. But mainly, I figure, for most Americans, today is New … Continue reading
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Posted in Being, Catholic, Discursive Detours, Journal
Tagged America, coronavirus, COVID-19, history, holidays, hope, New Year's Eve
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Back at Mass
It’s been about four months since I’ve been at Mass. I don’t like that. But I see no point in kvetching about the COVID-19 pandemic, or blaming Minnesota’s governor for trying to keep Minnesotans alive, or our bishop for cooperating … Continue reading
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Posted in Being, Catholic, Discursive Detours, Journal
Tagged common good, coronavirus, COVID-19, Eucharist, faith, faith and works, God, hope, mercy, Minnesota, sin, worship
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10 Poems
Perspectives Fairy wishes and toxic kisses, We hope and fear and dream. Life and thought and feeling passes. Looking back, I see what was. Ahead? I’ll see that later. (November 18, 2019) Quiet Neighborhood Still water, small lawn, a few … Continue reading
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Posted in Poems
Tagged history, hope, knowledge, last things, metaphysics, philosophy
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